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Marc Besselink @marcbesselink.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

So very proud of this #DIPLOMA2x2 trial team (robot vs open #Whipple 2:1 randomization)! What a group of surgeons, pathologists, and oncologists 🇳🇱🇮🇹🇸🇪🇧🇪🇩🇪🇺🇸! Now 376/413 pts randomized @e-mips.bsky.social @dpcgofficial.bsky.social @abuhilal.bsky.social @juliamenso.bsky.social

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Marc Besselink @marcbesselink.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Wonderful 2nd BCIPCC meeting #Lisbon 🇵🇹 ⏩️ bcipcc.org Today included #ISGPS and #Robot #Pancreatic #Surgery sessions: ✅ #ISGPS is working on improved and simplified definitions for DGE and PPH ✅ #DIPLOMA3 trial Robot vs Lap Pancreatectomy is ongoing!

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Marc Besselink @marcbesselink.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

#HoraEst 🎓today Nine De Graaf @amsterdamumc.bsky.social : “Minimally invasive versus open #pancreatic #surgery” ✅Collaboration @e_mips @DPCG_official ✅81 authors, 12 countries ✅8 chapters, incl #DIPLOMA2 trial in @nejm.org @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social ⏩️ hdl.handle.net/11245.1/1641...

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Julia Menso @juliamenso.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Pleasure to attend and present at #EAHPBA2025 Dublin incl the ongoing #DIPLOMA-2x2 trial and @tropancregistry.bsky.social Wonderful meeting, talks and colleagues! @eahpba.bsky.social @patriciopolanco.bsky.social @carobruna.bsky.social @marcbesselink.bsky.social

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Marc Besselink @marcbesselink.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

#HoraEst @ammaraj.bsky.social 🇺🇸 #PhD ceremony today in A’dam 🇳🇱 ⏩️Amazing work!! #Thesis hdl.handle.net/11245.1/d2bd0a… #PhD team: Chris Wolfgang, Jin He, Lois Daamen @amsterdamumc.bsky.social @pancpals.bsky.social @dpcgofficial.bsky.social #PancreaticCancer

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Julia Menso @juliamenso.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Initiation visit #JohnsHopkins @jhu.edu for DIPLOMA-2x2 #RCT #robot vs open #Whipple for cancer in #pancreas head 🇪🇺🇺🇸🤖 Thank you #JinHe Special to be back and proud to continue our collaboration! @carobruna.bsky.social @marcbesselink.bsky.social

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Marc Besselink @marcbesselink.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

7th #E-MIPS course MIS #pancreas #surgery #Amsterdam Skills Centre 🤖 24 particip, 15 countries incl 🇧🇷🇯🇵🇮🇳 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇬🇷 🇨🇴 🔑 3 Robot PJ dry lab stations 🔑 3 Robot simulator stations 🔑 2 Robot Whipple wet lab stations 🔑 4 Lap distal wet lab stations 🔑 4 Lap PJ suturing stations @eahpba.bsky.social

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Marc Besselink @marcbesselink.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

How do costs of #robot 🤖 vs open #pancreatoduodenectomy compare? 588 pts A’dam🇳🇱 (214 RPD, 374 OPD) ⛔️Costs €4,804 ⬆️ RPD ✅As outcomes RPD improved in the 2nd half: cost per RPD €11,058 less 🔑 Costs in the 2nd half RPD vs OPD comparable (€21,778 vs. €21,013) ▶️ journals.lww.com/annalsofsurg...

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Julia Menso @juliamenso.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Looking back at an incredible #ALPS2025 meeting and delighted to have been awarded the Best Mini-Oral Presentation for our cost-analysis of robot vs open Whipple! Many thanks to the @amsterdamumc.bsky.social HPB-team @MichielFrancken @marcbesselink.bsky.social #roboticsurgery #pancreas

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Giovanni Marchegiani, MD PhD @gio-marchegiani.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Pancreas Wrapped 🎄 2️⃣ February : the EUROPA RCT 🇩🇪 Robotic 🤜🤛 open PD @thelancet.bsky.social 🥇 Primary endpoint CCI no difference 🟰 90 days mortality 4.8 % 🟰 blood loss 🤖 Higher complications (60% vs. 30%) and DGE 🙅‍♂️ Conversion rate 23% 🫵 Comments?! #HPBSky thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…

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Marc Besselink @marcbesselink.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#E-MIPS visiting #Hamburg 🇩🇪 start #DIPLOMA2x2 trial: 🤖 robot vs open (2:1) #Whipple for resectable #PancreaticCancer, #DCC. Excellent team Thilo Hackert & Felix Nickel. Now 16 centers🇳🇱🇸🇪🇧🇪🇮🇹🇩🇪, recently 1st patient in #Heidelberg. @abuhilal.bsky.social @juliamenso.bsky.social @carobruna.bsky.social

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